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The genus Asterodothis is described by Theissen as " affine Dothidastero- 
mellae v. Holm." The latter genus is represented in this country by a 
species described by Sydow ('Ann. Myc' x, p. 41), Dothidasteromella 
orhiculata Syd. on the leaves of Olea verrucosa (1031). 
A nearly related species has now been collected in the Cape forests on 
the leaves of Trichocladus ellipticus. 
Dothidasteromella contorta Doidge n. sp. 
Stromatibus epipliyllis, sparsis, orbicularibus v. irregularibus, atris,. 
carbonaceis, 2-3 mm. diam., erumpenti superficialibus ; hyphis, aliis longius- 
culis, radiantibus, fuscis, 3-3*5 /x crassis, hyphopodiis alternis v. uni- 
lateralibus, sub-globosis, continuis, 6-7 judiam., aliis pallidioribus, torulosis, 
copiose ramosis anastomosantibus-que, dense intertextis cum hyphis radian- 
tibus ; peritheciis numerosis, opacis, superne poro medio dehisceiitibus ; 
ascis paraphysatis ; ellipsoideis v. ovatis, brevissime stipitatis, rectis v. 
curvatis, 55-80 x 20-25 fx ; paraphysibus numerosis, linearibus, flexuosis 
V. rugosis ; sporidiis distichis v. conglobatis, medio 1-septatis, fuscis, leniter 
constrictis loculo-superiore latiore, 16-20 x 8-10 /x. 
Hab. in foliis Trichocladi elliijtici, Branders High Forest, Victoria East, 
CP. leg. P. V. d. Bijl (9462). 
Speggazzinia meliolae A. Zimni. 
Centralb. f. Bakt. II Abt., Bd. viii, 1902, p. 221. 
Syll. Fung, xviii, p. 690. 
This fungus, which was described as parasitic on Meliola sp. from Java, 
has not previously been recorded from this country. It is commonly found 
parasitic on various species of Meliola, and there is a heavy infection 
recorded on Meliola clavicidata on Oncoha sp. Quelimane, Port. East Africa,, 
8/9/13, I. B. Pole Evans (10002). 
Phaeosphaerella senniana Sacc. 
Ann. Myc. viii, 1910, p. 337. 
Sacc. Syll. Fung, xxii, p. 169. 
The type specimen is on dying leaves of Protea ahyssinica collected in 
Erythraea, North Africa. In the South African collections the perithecia 
are slightly larger than called for, but otherwise they agree exactly with the 
description. I can find no previous record of the occurrence of this fungus 
in South Africa. It has been collected from several localities and on three 
different species of Protea as follows : 
On dying leaves of Protea mellaleuca, Wellington, CP., 10/11/10, E. M. 
Doidge (1034) ; 22/2/12 (2062). 
On dying leaves of Protea acaulis, Wellington, CP., 12/11/10, E. M. 
Doidge (1022). 
